Gaming Gone Wild

2008-2009 Entry #3

How many of you play video games at least once a day? After school? During school? How many of you play video games so much that at one point you've forgotten you're mothers' name? Whether it is Super Mario Brothers, Tetris or Rock Band video games seem to have taken hold of our young people. As a member of an "older" generation I am perplexed. What is it about these games that steals away so much time from our youth and is there anything that we can do to revert our young people's attention to other things like playing sports, spending time with our family and friends, volunteering or God forbid, trying to get better marks at school? In your opinion when is enough enough? I'd like to know what you think.

The Campaign Trail

2008-2009 Entry #2

On November 4th, 2008 The United States of America elected their new president, Barack Obama.  Prior to this historic election both candidates - John Mc Cain and Barack Obama - promoted their platforms through ad campaigns.  Take a look at the following advertisement and tell us what you think of it.  What campaign issues are brought to light in this advertisement?  What is Obama's message to the American people?  Is this an effective ad campaign?  Why or why not?

And for your viewing pleasure, this commercial was based on a very popular commercial from 2000:

Welcome Class of 2008-2009!

2008-2009 - Entry #1

As part of your media arts / communications technology course you will be required to create and maintain your own media arts / comm tech blog.  Blogging has quickly become a very popular form of communication and online journaling.

Through this course you will be required to reply to six different media / technology issues or topics that will be posted here for you to respond to on your own blog.  Each response must be no less than 300 words and should have discussions relevant to media arts and communications technology.  You will also be required to respond to 6 other people's blogs with thoughtful ideas and comments.  The evaluation for this unit is found in your unit guide. Once you have completed all tasks (which will take you several months) you will submit your unit guide, with a list of the six blogs that you responded to, for evaluation.

Happy Blogging!!!